AN HONEST SCHMUCK.
Corruption is a cottage industry in America. Just walk through the halls of Congress and you feel like you need to be sprayed with a fire hose. Reading and watching immoral people charged with indecent and illegal crimes are as common as that damn Heads On commercial. At least, unlike politicians and nogoodnicks, it doesn’t promise things that will never be honored – Heads On never claims it cures or is good for anything…except the owner’s bank account.
It’s refreshing when you come upon someone who is honest and above board. We are all sick of hearing some celebrity pontificating about subjects that they know as much about as a paramecium; CEOs who get million dollar golden parachutes when fired for incompetence; Churches who declare bankruptcy rather than pay damages to abused parishioners; athletes who get away with murder even when they commit it. Well, take a deep breath and meet a truly honest man.
Police Chief Richard Knoebel of Kewaskum, Wisconsin is my hero. This man is so straight and truthful that he makes the late, and sexy, Mother Teresa look like a dishonest – are there any other kind? - used car salesman. The Chief says he wasn’t about to take the easy way out when he accidentally drove past a stopped school bus with its emergency lights flashing. No one would have known about his innocent mistake but noooooooooo Knoebel stopped his patrol car, asked himself for his license and proof of insurance, patted himself down and then wrote himself a ticket for $235, docked himself four points on his driving record. He paid the fine the next day and didn’t even try to bribe himself to get out of the ticket.
This all came to light when the fine appeared in court records. This latter day Dick Tracy doesn’t mind the publicity, if it serves to raise awareness. “If it brings notice to people that they should be stopping for school buses, I don’t mind the notoriety,” he said.
Some might think that Chief Knoebel is crazier than an inmate at the Wisconsin Home for the Silly for writing himself a traffic ticket but it must be pointed out that he didn’t beat the shit out of himself to get a confession. Okay, maybe he’s a tad compulsive, straight-laced and conservative when it comes to the law but even those doubting Thomases have to admit he’s a schmuck!
It’s refreshing when you come upon someone who is honest and above board. We are all sick of hearing some celebrity pontificating about subjects that they know as much about as a paramecium; CEOs who get million dollar golden parachutes when fired for incompetence; Churches who declare bankruptcy rather than pay damages to abused parishioners; athletes who get away with murder even when they commit it. Well, take a deep breath and meet a truly honest man.
Police Chief Richard Knoebel of Kewaskum, Wisconsin is my hero. This man is so straight and truthful that he makes the late, and sexy, Mother Teresa look like a dishonest – are there any other kind? - used car salesman. The Chief says he wasn’t about to take the easy way out when he accidentally drove past a stopped school bus with its emergency lights flashing. No one would have known about his innocent mistake but noooooooooo Knoebel stopped his patrol car, asked himself for his license and proof of insurance, patted himself down and then wrote himself a ticket for $235, docked himself four points on his driving record. He paid the fine the next day and didn’t even try to bribe himself to get out of the ticket.
This all came to light when the fine appeared in court records. This latter day Dick Tracy doesn’t mind the publicity, if it serves to raise awareness. “If it brings notice to people that they should be stopping for school buses, I don’t mind the notoriety,” he said.
Some might think that Chief Knoebel is crazier than an inmate at the Wisconsin Home for the Silly for writing himself a traffic ticket but it must be pointed out that he didn’t beat the shit out of himself to get a confession. Okay, maybe he’s a tad compulsive, straight-laced and conservative when it comes to the law but even those doubting Thomases have to admit he’s a schmuck!
posted by THE RANTING OLD GEEZER at 7:40 PM
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